Still Rocking?

Re: Still Rocking?

• [Deleted User] member

  October 2014

  I rock him to sleep all the time. Every nap. Every bedtime. Last baby syndrome I think. I'll stop when he won't let me anymore. Sorry I'm no help.

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• mbafall09 member

  October 2014

  Unfortunately we are still rocking. Terrible habit, I know. He naps at daycare without rocking though, so I think he just figures we're suckers!

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• megswen member

  October 2014

  Special snowflake. Like @JoeLies‌, I rock him at nap time and bedtime only to calm him down, and then put him in his crib before he falls asleep. But when he wakes up at night, I rock him back to sleep.

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• Mogi519 member

  October 2014

  wedding06 said:

  I said No but I also think we are SS because we never rocked him. It's very weird but everything I knew about babies when I brought him home went out the window and it didn't occur to us to rock him. We are either idiots or geniuses.
  
  Anyway I don't see harm in continuing to rock if you both are ok with it. They will grow out of it eventually right.

  This was how it was for us too. I don't know why we never rocked C, but we didn't. Now, I'd love to hold him and rock him before bed, but he won't have any of that haha

  

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• Deliadorel member

  October 2014

  We used to rock him to sleep. However, he now falls sleep by himself, naps and evenings.
  First 2-3 times he protested and fought it, now he's a pro!
  I play baby Mozart on the IPad and that music seems to calm him down;) he lives it and he falls asleep "like a baby";) [-O< If only I could figure out how to make him stay asleep during the night... But that's another story!

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• CarrieB. member

  October 2014

  Baby I was never a huge fan of rocking. When she was tiny and colllicky, I had to wear her in the baby carrier and pat her to go to sleep. Or else lay down next to her and nurse her to sleep.
  
  Now I rock her, sing a couple songs, nurse her and put her down awake. She cries a little and then goes to sleep.

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• beccaxbooxbear member

  October 2014

  I still rock both my boys but typically not to sleep. Sometimes they fall asleep while I do but I usually sing and rock them and then put them down and they go to sleep on their own

   

  
  

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• Karadee1 member

  October 2014

  Yes G gets rocked to sleep each nap and bedtime. We've tried a few different strategies to try to wean him, but haven't gotten completely away from it. At this point, he only needs to be rocked until he's just asleep and then he'll go down in his crib.
  
  I just bought a yoga ball to take on vacation with us because we'll be without a rocking chair, and if next week's sleep will be anything like this week's was, it'll be worth it. I figure the bouncing motion will be similar to rocking, and if I have to do it in the middle of the night it'll be nice to sit down instead of doing the walking bounce.

  
  

  
  

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• cagoldi member

  October 2014

  Yep. All naps and bedtime, except he is drowsy when I put him in his crib and DH waits until he is completely out. I can't force it because I put him to bed initially but DH does 80% of night duty and about 50% of naps, so as long as he's willing to do that much to help get him to sleep I see no point in making him do things my way.
  
  At DC they put him down when he's fussy and let him settIe on his own, if he starts crying they rock him or rub his back, and if it doesn't work then that nap effort is abandoned.
  

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• CarrieB. member

  October 2014

  CFox815 said:

  This is dumb, but I always wondered, when you guys say rock to sleep, do you specifically mean in the rocking chair? Most of the above comments lead me to believe, "yes", but I just want confirmation.
  
  The boy has never been a fan of the rocking chair really. My husband took over putting him down at night and they have an amazing routine. He reads to him, puts him in the crib, dims the lights, turns on the sound machine and gives him a lovey (little blanket/stuffed animal) to chew on. The boy chews on it while my husband sits in the room and answers emails/takes phonecalls and the boy falls asleep. Apparently, the boy thinks business calls are as boring as I do. It sounds weird, but my husband swears that he goes to sleep because he's close to him but not paying attention to him.
  
  Whatever, all I know is, he can get the kid to sleep at night and I'm not questioning it.
  
  Also, @joelies, your siggy is killing me. So funny.
  

  This is how my DH puts our baby down for naps too. The pack n play is next to the computer desk and he'll just work until she falls asleep.
  
  If she wakes up in the middle of the night and I can't get her to go to sleep, he will lie on the floor next to the crib and that works for him too.

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• Kfran84 member

  October 2014

  I automatically rock him because I'm sitting in a glider most of the time, but he can fall asleep without the rocking. I don't feel like that's what puts him to sleep. Nursing/bottle and cuddling seems works for him with or without rocking. 

  
  

  I do put him down awake now. He cries for less than the amount of time it takes for me to shut the door. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• cagoldi member

  October 2014 edited October 2014

  In our case Foxy, yes, rocking in a glider. He is pretty dependent on it. If we're going to be somewhere during naptime without a rocker we're basically out of luck.

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• [Deleted User] member

  October 2014

  @CFox815‌ we rock in the glider or I can sway him in my arms if I'm in a pinch.

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• mskatiep member

  October 2014

  @tgrimes1980 back at ya!
  

  
  

  
  

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• margaerytyrell member

  October 2014

  I'm the lone vote for rocking at naps only. It's such a bad habit. I stand somewhere and have to rock side to side. I don't know how to break it.
  
  At daycare, he naps so easy. They have the Montessori floor beds and set him on his stomach and he's out. We put a mattress on the floor to mimick daycare but he gets all excited thinking it's playtime.

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